Week 7

(Spring Break)

Monday

1. bass clef : clef placing F below middle C on the second highest line of the staff

2. bastard : person born of an unmarried mother/unpleasant or despicable person

3. batter : strike hard and repeatedly

4. bawl : speak or shout noisily

5. beady-eyed : with beady eyes/observant

Tuesday

1. beastly : objectionable, unpleasant

2. bedfellow : person who shares a bed/associate

3. bedevil : trouble, vex/confound, confuse

4. begrudge : resent, be dissatisfied at

5. beguile : charm, amuse/wilfully divert, seduce

Wednesday

1. beleaguered : under siege/in difficulties; harassed

2. bellow : emit a deep loud roar/utter loudly

3. benevolent : well-wishing; actively friendly and helpful

4. benighted : intellectually or morally ignorant

5. benign : gentle, mild, kindly/fortunate, salutary

Thursday

1. berate : scold, rebuke

2. beset : attack or harass persistently

3. besiege : lay siege to/crowd round eagerly

4. besotted : infatuated/intoxicated, stupefied

5. bestiality : bestial behavior

Friday

1. bethink : reflect; stop to think

2. betray : be disloyal or treacherous to (a friend, one’s country, a person’s trust, etc.)

3. better half : one’s spouse

4. better off : in a better situation/having more money

5. bewail : lament; wail over